Chapter 661: The Battle Begins
readx;?“ They outnumbered us, but apart from the few I mentioned, no one else was worried. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Lin Bu and Shangguan County Ma Wushu ranked 35th and 49th respectively, and must participate in the first two rounds of battles. Whether they can enter the sixty-four males or not, it is still two to say. Liang Mian glanced at the circle of the Eighth Prince with disdainful eyes, and said nonchalantly, but Song Qi could hear that there was still some sourness in his tone.
"Oh, I see." Song Qi nodded slightly, as if he understood something.
"The Nine Emperors sitting under the other trees have four people in a circle, three people in a circle of six horses, and three people in a circle of eight horses, two of these ten people are in the top twenty, and the other eight are in the top sixty, they are all secretly loyal to the Eighth Prince, and the Eighth Prince should not want to expose his power in front of everyone, so he let those people sit separately." Zhan Dazhao raised his finger and pointed to the other two circles, and added in a low voice.
"Oh." Song Qi understood. He thought to himself that the Eighth Emperor had the support of one prince, two county kings, five horses, and many county horses, and his power was too terrifying. It seems that the power of the tenth prince Liang Mian is not comparable to him at all. The reason why the Ten Princes will compete with the Eighth Prince may be more dependent on the emperor's favor.
Chai Jun raised his hand and pointed to the group of people closest to the high platform on the east side - one big purple, one light purple, one vermilion and three light green, and then Zhan Dazhao introduced the topic to Song Qi: "That group of people is also what we have to deal with." ”
Song Qi nodded, raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Chai Jun's finger, and found that the other party happened to look over, and his eyes were quite unkind.
Chai Jun didn't pay attention to the other party's eyes, and patiently introduced: "In the center is the fourth highness, ranking fifteenth in the imperial martial arts list, the king of Kaiyuan on the left, ranking fourth, the five horses on the right, ranking seventh, and the ninth place in the Ouyang County horse, the nineteenth place in the Shoujun horse, and the seventy-first place in the Pang County horse." The strength of their side should not be underestimated. ”
Song Qi didn't pay attention to the other party's unkind eyes and carefully examined the other party.
The fourth prince is twenty-five or sixteen years old, introverted and soft-eyed; The king of Kaiyuan County is twenty years old, sitting calmly, arrogant and empty-eyed; The five horses were cautious in front of the four princes, and did not squint, but when they looked at the eyes of others, they were extremely arrogant and flamboyant. As for the three county horses, one nodded and bowed, one sat upright, and the other looked around.
Liang Mian said with a disdainful face: "Although the number of the fourth brother is about the same as ours, but the top ranking under him is only the fourth, and the strength is not as good as ours, so we can go all out to deal with the starling brothers." ”
Song Qi thought to himself, the Eighth Emperor's subordinates were in the top 158, and he himself was ranked 18th, I am afraid that he might not really see Liang Mian's group as opponents.
"Now please draw lots." More than a dozen Imperial Guards appeared in the square, each carrying a tray of folded notes.
Those who had to participate in the first round of the battle walked up to the Guards, reached for the slip of paper from the tray, and eagerly began to take a look.
"Eight, this number is too auspicious!"
"Mine is more auspicious, Eighteen!"
"My most auspicious, Eighty-Eight!"
"Me too!"
Soon after the Guards left, the bell rang from below the platform, and one of the doors opened, and out of it came a Guard, shouting to everyone, "Please draw eight people from the first to the fourth to enter the battle." ”
Immediately, eight men dressed in various colors rose from under different trees, each with a long weapon in their arms, and stepped into the door under the high platform, and then the door was closed.
"How do you get eight people in? Didn't you say two by two? Song Qi looked at the tightly closed door in confusion and muttered to himself.
"That's right." Chai Jun hurriedly explained to Song Qi with a smile, "There is a battle hall and four closed small halls in the battle hall. In the first two rounds, four groups of people will play against each other in the small hall at the same time, and in the third round, they will fight in the hall. ”
Song Qi understood, he was still a little worried before, if the two battles were carried out one after another, how much time would it take for these more than 200 people? Now split into four groups at the same time, then progress is much faster. His worries were unfounded. He then asked, "Why are you fighting behind closed doors, can't you let everyone watch?" ”
Chai Jun patiently explained: "This is for the sake of fairness. Otherwise, the person who fights later can observe the martial arts path of the person who fought first and find a way to deal with it in advance, which is unfair to the person who fights first. ”
"Oh, I see!" Song Qi suddenly realized. It seems that the open battles that he had engaged in in in the military in the past were really unfair.
After a while, the door to the battle hall reopened, and the eight people who had just entered walked out of it. When they entered, the expressions of the eight men were almost the same, all of them were full of ambition, and when they came out, they were completely different, the four on the left were proud, and the four on the right were dejected and listless.
"Please draw eight people from the fifth to the eighth to enter the arena." The Guards stood in the doorway and beckoned to the crowd.
Immediately, eight more people rose from the crowd from all over the place, each picked up his weapon, and entered the battle hall majestically.
After about an hour, the first round was completed, and the ninety-six winners moved on to the second round, where the opponent was again determined by draw. Although the number of people in the second round was less than half, the time spent was doubled, which shows that after entering the second round, the difference in strength between the two sides has been greatly reduced.
"Lin might as well and Shangguan Junma have already passed two rounds of battles and entered the sixty-four heroes." Liang Mian raised his eyes to look at the circle of the Eight Princes, his brows furrowed, and his expression became solemn.
"Let's move on to the third round of the battle, please draw lots." One of the four Royal Foresters walked out of the battle hall with a tray on his face, and said loudly to the sixty-four heroes with a warm smile on his face.
The people who entered the Sixty-Four Heroes were truly strong, and the attitude of the Royal Guards towards them was much kinder than before. Those who were ranked after the sixty-four heroes, although they were also relatives of the emperor, including many princes and county kings, but the Imperial Forest Army treated them like strangers.
Sixty-four people stood up one after another, drew lots from the hands of the Imperial Forest Army, and watched each other, and then raised their eyes to look at Song Qi, as if looking at a loser:
"We worked hard for two rounds to enter the sixty-four heroes, Song Qi entered the sixty-four heroes without doing anything, his luck is still too good!"
"Sixty-fourth will be his last and highest rank!"
"I'm going to beat him personally!" (To be continued.) )